William Carlos Williams' Early Poetry: The Visual Arts Background

publication date: 30/11/1984
ISBN13: 9780773419865
Format: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 160
ID: 9780773419865
ISBN10: 0773419861

By: Christopher J. MacGowan (author)Paperback

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Description

The aim of this study is twofold: to document William Carlos Williams' interest in, and response to, such movements as vorticism, Dada and the American "local" school, and to apply this background material to a close examination of his verse as he moved toward the complex structure of "Spring and All". The book uses sources from unpublished Williams material, and draws upon many previously uncollected articles that appeared in the "little magazines" of the 1910s and 1920s. This study has an international scope, recognizing Williams' important relationship with Ezra Pound and also his interest in the work and theories of Kandinsky.